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Topic: Congress

Congress or the Indian National Congress (INC) is one of two major political parties in India. It was founded in 1885 and played a leading role in India’s Independence movement. It has ruled during most of India’s independent years and gave the country its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Leadership of the Congress too has been dominated by the Nehru-Gandhi family.

The Congress is a center-left party, and lists on its website democracy, nationalism, secularism, inclusive growth and social justice as its core values. It last ruled India between 2004 and 2014, but has since lost its sway, being reduced to just 52 seats in the 2019 General Elections. INDIA, the alliance headed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, is an attempt to bring together opposition parties against the BJP government for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

KCR’s ‘praja welfare’ with schemes & freebies thrashes Congress-TDP ‘praja alliance’

Rohini Swamy - 11 December, 2018

Unpopularity of Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu seems to have pulled the Congress-TDP alliance down in Telangana.

A birthday ode to Pranab Mukherjee, former president and a true democrat

Achyut Mishra - 11 December, 2018

In his over five-decade-long career, Pranab Mukherjee has served as a party worker, Parliamentarian, minister and President of India.

Congress takes the lead in Chhattisgarh, CM Raman Singh trails from Rajnandgaon

Neelam Pandey - 11 December, 2018

Of Chhattisgarh's 90 seats, Congress is leading on 59, BJP on 24 and others on 9, suggest early trends.

In early trends, Congress looks set to snatch Hindi heartland from BJP

Ruhi Tewari - 11 December, 2018

In the election trends so far, the Congress is ahead in Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan, with MP posing a ‘takkar ka chunav’ with BJP.

State polls renew Congress efforts at mahagatbandhan or Mayawati absence a reality check?

ThePrint Team - 10 December, 2018

A day before assembly election results in five states are announced, a grand opposition meeting, called by TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu, is being attended...

Takeaways from the state elections that Rahul Gandhi must not ignore

Maneesh Chhibber - 10 December, 2018

Rahul Gandhi must enable local leadership, end the influence of Delhi-based political strategist and have a killer instinct’s for Congress to move forward.

PM Modi’s ‘widow’ remark against Sonia Gandhi draws flak on social media

Achyut Mishra - 9 December, 2018

Modi had accused the Congress of embezzling money meant for widows in a campaign speech in Rajasthan last week, making an oblique reference to Sonia Gandhi.

If not Modi or Rahul, whom would you vote for in 2019?

Shivam Vij - 9 December, 2018

The 2019 general election, seen through a conversation with strangers in a train.

Writings on the wall: Stumbling on Sonianomics in the land of angrezi dreams

Shekhar Gupta - 7 December, 2018

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will tell you about scheme after populist scheme. But you cannot escape the wave of aspiration and ambition in Rajasthan...

Two-member panel to probe Mumbai’s complaints of inflated Adani Power bills

Manasi Phadke - 7 December, 2018

Political parties such as Congress, MNS and even BJP have accused Adani Power of arbitrarily hiking its tariff and burdening consumers.

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